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What are allergies and why are we getting more of them?

  • Written by: The Conversation
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Allergies are becoming more frequent in the western world.

Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless to most people. They may occur in response to a range of different material (called allergens), such as food, pollen, dust mites, animals,...

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New rules for a new generation of television producers

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe niche television market is now the place to be.Fred Mantel/www.shutterstock.com

Not that long ago, “niche” was a term of condescension. Mass media were ubiquitous, and finding large audiences was the organising principle behind everything from music to film, television and journalism.

But mass media is on its way out, and the pursuit...

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How the NBN could boost Australia's GDP by 2%

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageNew Prime Minister and former Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is no stranger to the NBN.Lukas Coch/AAP

The National Broadband Network (NBN) can boost Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by about 2% in the long term and, more importantly, add to our national welfare by improving real household consumption by 1.4%.

These results,...

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  3. The light rail genie is out of the bottle, but how many cities will get their wish?
  4. Sarah Ferguson: will Malcolm Turnbull curb or befriend the ABC?
  5. Magda Szubanski's Reckoning: A Memoir
  6. Venus encounters the moon before dawn
  7. The man behind the Nobel Prize in Physics on neutrinos and their mass
  8. What does an influx of refugee-background students mean for schools?
  9. Disaster reporting may encourage people to live in riskier places
  10. Oh no, we forgot about China - the flaw at the centre of the TPP
  11. High Court rules breast cancer gene cannot be patented
  12. OECD plan means governments no longer taxing in the dark
  13. Australia's shift on Syria might finally recognise the Islamic State threat
  14. Ratifying the TPP may be tough, but Australia needs it
  15. Explainer: what is fanfiction?
  16. Pulling out your hair in frustration? What you need to know about trichotillomania
  17. Growing our services industry will be the main gain from the TPP
  18. If lawful firearm owners cause most gun deaths, what can we do?
  19. How you can help scientists track how marine life reacts to climate change
  20. The campus experience is changing all over the world
  21. All fired up: southern Australia is looking towards a dry spring and a hot summer
  22. A 21st-century health system means seamless care and ongoing reform
  23. More than one-third of cancers can be avoided if Australians modify their lifestyle
  24. Outside the box: why American television history is worth remembering
  25. Universities Australia urges major investment in innovation amid bipartisan embrace of the future
  26. Five things you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership
  27. Detainees on Nauru may have been 'released', but they are not free
  28. A genre-hopping triumph: The Rabbits
  29. Winners and losers in the Trans-Pacific trade deal: experts respond
  30. Hold the spray: some garden weeds are helping native wildlife
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  32. Why biologics were such a big deal in the Trans Pacific Partnership
  33. Academic freedom isn't the issue with Lomborg's consensus centre
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  36. Meeting Bill Campbell, the Nobel Prize winner for medicine
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  38. Full response from Finance Minister Mathias Cormann
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  46. FactCheck: is deficit, debt and the spending trajectory of the previous government on the wane?
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